It seems to be a new trend especially for fighters and other athletes.

Any scientific evidence, support or risks associated ?

Thanks !

Alkaline-type diets are generally fairly healthful with their inclusion of plenty of fruits and vegetables and their exclusion of overly refined and processed foods. However it is important to note that your blood and plasma will not be acidic to begin with since your body will do what it can to maintain a plasma pH of 7.35 - 7.45. Uninary pH can be altered via diet. What the body is doing to maintain pH is what matters. This is where the adherence to certain dietary practices come in to be protective but generally these are not so much issues unless your diet is unbalanced and deficient in things potassium and other minerals or you can't breath.

But I suspect one main driving reason is not long-term health but how diet may or may not influence pH and subsequent exercise performance and perhaps bone health. The effects appear to be somwhat equivocal relating diet, pH, and exercise performance. Lack of CHO is probably just as important in the end results too. While it may have effects on plasma bicarbonate, ammonia, and pH in the short term study period, are they just transient and could they easily be ameliorated with some vegatables and adequate CHO intake?

Alkaline-type diets are generally fairly healthful with their inclusion of plenty of fruits and vegetables and their exclusion of overly refined and processed foods. However it is important to note that your blood and plasma will not be acidic to begin with since your body will do what it can to maintain a plasma pH of 7.35 - 7.45. Uninary pH can be altered via diet. What the body is doing to maintain pH is what matters. This is where the adherence to certain dietary practices come in to be protective but generally these are not so much issues unless your diet is unbalanced and deficient in things potassium and other minerals or you can't breath.

But I suspect one main driving reason is not long-term health but how diet may or may not influence pH and subsequent exercise performance and perhaps bone health. The effects appear to be somwhat equivocal relating diet, pH, and exercise performance. Lack of CHO is probably just as important in the end results too. While it may have effects on plasma bicarbonate, ammonia, and pH in the short term study period, are they just transient and could they easily be ameliorated with some vegatables and adequate CHO intake?

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Can someone explain to me why this is a problem when cutting or in any diet?

I have walnuts in about 4 meals per day since they are loaded with omega 3's, but wondering the negatives of the acid.

Also, can anything short of cutting back on the walnuts be done to counter any possible negatives of the acid in all the walnuts I am eating?

merged this with the thread 1 row downs titled 'Alkaline Diet'?

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For example, when the body is trying to maintain plasma K+ levels (for homeostasis) certain internal switches may go on that increase H+ or even NH4+ excretion (in the kidney) to help retain K+.

In fact, transient lowering of plasma K+ (according to textbooks) is a signal for the kidney to start breaking down glutamine (as compensation). However something tells me that any everyday compensation that is occuring is not really step-wise but rather "seamless" in reality.

For example, when the body is trying to maintain plasma K+ levels (for homeostasis) certain internal switches may go on that increase H+ or even NH4+ excretion (in the kidney) to help retain K+.

In fact, transient lowering of plasma K+ (according to textbooks) is a signal for the kidney to start breaking down glutamine (as compensation). However something tells me that any everyday compensation that is occuring is not really step-wise but rather "seamless" in reality.

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